I haven't seen _Somewhere in the Night_ (1946), but on page 189 of John Belton's _American Cineman/American Culture_ (1994), in the chapter on noir, there's a still from that film that shows John Hodiak, playing an amnesiac war vet, looking out a hotel window (part of sign visible) at night--whether it's raining I can't tell, no venetian blinds, and what's on the soundtrack I can't say. But hey, it sure looks like an iconic noir moment! Jim Marsden Bryant College ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu